(1971-10-08) October 8, 1971 (age 52) Fredericksburg, Virginia, U.S.
Listed height
6 ft 8 in (2.03 m)
Listed weight
225 lb (102 kg)
Career information
High school
Potomac (Oxon Hill, Maryland)
College
Notre Dame (1989–1994)
NBA draft
1994: 1st round, 24th overall pick
Selected by the New York Knicks
Playing career
1994–2003
Position
Small forward
Number
2, 41, 3, 5
Coaching career
2005–present
Career history
As player:
1994–1996
New York Knicks
1996–1998
San Antonio Spurs
1999
Denver Nuggets
1999–2002
Orlando Magic
2002–2003
Philadelphia 76ers
As coach:
2005–2010
Portland Trail Blazers (assistant)
2010–2015
New Orleans Hornets / Pelicans
2015–2016
Oklahoma City Thunder (associate HC)
2018–2019
Philadelphia 76ers (assistant)
2019–2023
Phoenix Suns
2023–present
Detroit Pistons
Career highlights and awards
As head coach:
NBA Coach of the Year (2022)
2× NBCA Coach of the Year (2021, 2022)
NBA All-Star Game head coach (2022)
Career NBA statistics
Points
2,884 (6.3 ppg)
Rebounds
1,296 (2.8 rpg)
Assists
544 (1.2 apg)
Stats at NBA.com
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing the United States
FIBA U21 World Championship
1993 Valladolid
National team
Assistant coach for the United States
men's national basketball team
World Cup
2014 Spain
Team
Olympic Games
2016 Rio de Janeiro
Team
Tavares Montgomery Williams (born October 8, 1971) is an American professional basketball coach, executive and former player who is the head coach for the Detroit Pistons of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Williams played for five NBA teams during a playing career that spanned from 1994 to 2003. His NBA coaching career has included stints as an assistant coach, associate head coach, and head coach.
Williams was the head coach for the New Orleans Hornets/Pelicans from 2010 until 2015. He served as an assistant coach with the United States national team under Mike Krzyzewski, and he has worked as a vice president of basketball operations for the San Antonio Spurs. In May 2019, Williams was hired as the head coach of the Phoenix Suns. In 2021, he led the Suns to their first NBA Finals appearance since 1993 and was named the NBA Coach of the Year the following year in 2022, when the Suns finished the regular season with a franchise record of 64 wins. After being dismissed by Phoenix in 2023, Williams agreed to a six-year, $78.5 million coaching contract with the Pistons, making him the current second highest-paid coach.
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to the Nuggets, the Suns dismissed head coach MontyWilliams after four seasons with the team. Williams finished his Phoenix tenure with a record of 194–115...
Basketball Hall of Fame as a coach. The Pelicans' fifth head coach was MontyWilliams, who was appointed on June 7, 2010. On June 16, 2021, the Pelicans mutually...
they had won two seasons prior. Jeff Bower resigned as head coach and MontyWilliams was brought in as new head coach. The team finished the 2010–11 season...
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stepped down as head coach to join the front office. On June 2, 2023, MontyWilliams was hired by the Pistons to be their new head coach. After the Pistons...
2018 first overall pick Deandre Ayton, and second-year head coach MontyWilliams, finished the season with a 51–21 record as the No. 2 seed, their first...
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